sometimes, it's hard to understand why things happen.
why we face struggles and challenges and hardships.
often times, i want to yell and swear and cry.
and blast angry rap music as an outlet.
but all the time, i want to learn on how to love.
how to genuinely love a person no matter how much s/he hurts me.
once again, my heart has become filthy with hate. but ironically, i'm also thankful that i'm being challenged. i'm not sure what God's purpose is in using the same person to hurt me over and over again. but perhaps He's teaching me on how to love those who hurt me. dang. that's a test i've failed one too many times.
Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love... If anyone says, "I love God," yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. And he has given us this command: Whoever loves God must also love his brother. -- 1 John 4:7-8, 20-21
i feel ya. remember the God who loved enough to send his son on the cross, and we have no excuse to ever hate. tough.
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